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I recently stopped using my own personal VPN server and tried Mullvad VPN, which was touted as one of the trustworthy ones who receive audits. And it’s nice to have access to VPN servers all over the world with an…
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Flaw in Kia’s Web Portal Let Researchers Track, Hack Cars
And this is exactly why internet connected cars is a bad idea (story below). Not only is it a tracking and control avenue for when they get super serious about “saving” the planet and limiting what you can do in…
Mozilla Hit with Privacy Complaint in EU Over Firefox Tracking Tech
I believe this is related to the setting pictured below, and it was published as an experimental feature to help advertisers while protecting privacy. And it was bad form to opt people in, but easy enough to turn off. Given…
Mullvad VPN
I’d been running my own VPS VPN server for quite a while since there were a lot of stories of these suspicious VPN companies consolidating with one connected to intelligence. And at the end of the day you’re trusting the…
Police Dept Dumps Entire Fleet of Durangos Due To Engine Failures
Stellantis is one of the worst companies that put out low quality products and then want to charge premium prices, and who do not stand behind their products as the video below highlights to their shame. This is also why…
Car Software Patches Are Over 20% of Recalls, Study Finds
A nice spin to get you to accept that internet connected vehicle? What’s of interest is that companies are getting creative with software updates all so they don’t have to replace faulty hardware, with a nice example listed in the…
Top UK Bank Launches Payment Tracking System to Crack Down on Meat Purchases
This would instantly make me find a new bank, but in the UK you might not have good options. Consequently, I don’t have financial apps installed on my phone, but looking at the Wells Fargo app’s data safety they don’t…
There’s No Way Qualcomm Is Buying Intel as Is
Qualcomm is not a good operator by the fact they were caught spying on users outside the phone OS. And that’s a problem with cellular phones, as a lot of firmware/software is outside the operating system and the user has…
Automatic Takeoffs Are Coming for Passenger Jets and They’re Going to Redraw the Map of the Sky
All the demonization of Boeing was thought to benefit Airbus primarily, but Embraer (no. 3) is increasing their sales while adding new features like automated takeoffs. By Jacopo Prisco The Embraer E195-E2 is the larger of the E2 variants…
Elon Musk Apparently Bricked Chechen Warlord Ramzan Kadyrov’s Machine-Gun-Mounted Cybertruck
What’s being missed in this story, is do you really own that internet connected vehicle? And since the manufacturer can send updated firmware to the vehicle, they can disable it at anytime. Or upload an update so you can’t take…